Despite the rapid digitalization of Cambodia’s economy and society, many online citizens continue to struggle with digital illiteracy – particularly vulnerable groups exposed to online discrimination and fraud. As digitalization efforts increase, experts are urging the government to implement laws that protect social media users and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open​ Development​ Cambodia​ (ODC)​ in​ collaboration​ with​ the​ open​ data​ community​ was​ pleased​ to​ host​ the​ Open​ Data​ Day​ 2019​ on​ March​ 1st​ in​ Phnom​ Penh.​ It​ was​ the​ 4th​ time​ that​ ODC​ joined​ this​ global​ event​ and​ organized​ the​ Open​ Data​ Day​ in​ Phnom​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

A few years ago this scene would have played out in China. More specifically, it would have played out in a Chinese coastal region to which millions of rural folks had arrived looking for work. A huge hangar, piles of fabrics of all colors at both ss='cambodia-color'>...

SuStainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) SeekS to “end hunger, achieve food Security and improved nutrition and promote SuStainable agriculture”, enSuring univerSal acceSS to Safe, nutritiouS and Sufficient food for everyone at all timeS. LikewiSe, it provideS a much more comprehenSive approach to the iSSue SS='cambodia-color'>...

Criteria for data submissionThe following criteria is outlined as requirements of a response to call for data contribution:ThemeThe dataet must:be related to Cambodia.be related to the 17 sustainable Development Goals (sDGs).FeaturesContributors must have permission to submit and share the dataset upon an open platform. All ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the core members of the ICT4D Cambodia Network, InsTEDD and the East West Management Institute (EWMI) held a half-day ICT4 social Advocacy Network Meeting, funded by the sPIDER – The swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions, on ss='cambodia-color'>...

A quality and effective healthcare system that provides equal access to services is critical to ensure the well-being of any population. Both developed and developing countries strive to bring improvements to their healthcare systems. Cambodia, in particular, has undergone significant transformations in terms of healthcare ss='cambodia-color'>...

Geographically, Cambodia is rich in rivers and water bodies. These water resources play an important role in economic and social development, particularly in agriculture, industry, environmental protection and tourism sectors. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In Phnom Penh on 21 October 2020, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a workshop on the legal and regulatory archives of Open Development Cambodia. The workshop aimed to improve the user experience of ODC’s “Legal documents” section.Workshop, participants came from varying backgrounds. some were from ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun sen, and other Cambodian Ministers were at the Aid for Trade Global Review 2019. Photo by World Trade Organization (WTO), taken on 03 July 2019. Licensed under CC BY-sA 2.0.After two decades of strong economic performance, Cambodia moved into the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit global and Cambodia’s economies hard, having a spillover on the stability of the banking system. Banks and financial institutions have continued to provide services to customers, which can be seen through the rise in the number of depositors’ accounts to ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) iS a defined area within a country that iS Subject to different lawS and regulationS than other areaS of the country. TheSe comprehenSive induStrial areaS provide preferential incentiveS to inveStorS and offer government import-export adminiStrative Support to facilitate trade. Though SS='cambodia-color'>...

List of public services provided by One Window service Office at Rotanak Mondol district hall in Battambang province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 February 2020. Licensed under CC BY-sA 4.0.Government services might be perceived as tools in pursuing the country’s development, and assuring ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ministry of PlanningODC and the Ministry of Planning has formed a collaborative partnership with an effort to engage CsOs in and strengthen the implementation and review process of the country-specific goals of the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development.Read moreMinistry of Education, Youth and sportOpen ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prim Vitou, American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP)IT and Project Intern, November 2024 – January 2025Vitou joined ODC in November 2024 as an IT and Project Intern. He holds a dual degree in Computer science and Information Technology Management from the American University of Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On the morning of September 8th 2020, at Poulowai hotel baSed in Phnom Penh, Open Development Cambodia(ODC) hoSted “2020 BaSic Data Literacy Training on Social accountability”. ThiS three-day training iS under the project Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) having ODC and FHI 360 SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Advance Communications Ltd, operating under the brand qb, is in talks to either merge with or acquire Thai majority-owned Mfone, a senior government official said yesterday. The talks come amid recent speculation that operators in Cambodia’s oversaturated telecommunications market would have to consolidate in order ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen received the Leadership and Good Governance Award from the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) on Tuesday at the 2nd Asia-Pacific summit at the Peace Palace in the capital. The award was presented by UPF co-founder Hak Ja Han Moon after delivering her ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Civil service released a letter on Thursday addressed to senior leaders of all institutions in the Kingdom announcing a change in the retirement age of civil servants. In compliance with Article 26 of the Law on social security Fund, civil servants, regardless ss='cambodia-color'>...

Although US buSineSSeS acroSS ASEAN have expreSSed a poSitive inveStment outlook towardS Cambodia and the other memberS of the regional group, they are unSure of how to take advantage of the free-trade agreement with China, inSiderS Said at the firSt-ever ASEAN-US BuSineSS Summit, which kicked SS='cambodia-color'>...